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One of the things that surprised me most about attending the Parapsychological Association conference in Durham, North Carolina this year was how areas of science that receive the most criticism for being 'pseudo-scientific' are, in some cases, areas where the very basic elements, the most elegant elements, of the scientific method can be explored.
Dr. Robert Almeder, Georgia State University, wrote the introduction to Chris Carter's new book Science and the Afterlife Experience, from Inner Traditions/Bear & Co., and he speaks here of the Dr. Ian Stevensen's research at the Univ. of Virginia on cases in which the data seems to point to reincarnation as a plausible explanation. Rather than scoffing and dismissing this outright, Dr. Almeder presents a provocative argument for why such investigations fit very soundly within the scientific milieu.